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400 reduced by 3 times my age is 163. What is his age?

400 reduced by 3 times my age is 163. What is his age?
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400 reduced by 3 times my age is 163. What is his age?

User Tsingyi
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I would represent his age as "x"


The equation is:

3x = 400 - 163.

= 3x = 237

Divide by 3.

3x = 237
/3 /3

x = 237/3

x = 79 * 3/3

x = 79.

So his age is 79.

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